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The Wall Street Skinny
Every week, Kristen and Jen (best friends since the second grade) have smart, funny. and honest conversations about investing, tech, and business. From Princeton and Brown to Morgan Stanley, as former investment bankers turned entrepreneurs and podcasters, Kristen and Jen take the most complex deals, market moves, and tech breakthroughs and distill them into stories you care about. From conversations with the biggest names in investing to deep dives people can’t stop sharing --- not to mention…
Episodes
- The Wall Street Skinny
25. Fixed Income Investing 101 feat. Brian Weinstein
Send us Fan Mail What is fixed income investing, how does it work, and what is the landscape like on the buy-side? We are proud to present one of our most…
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24. Q&A: Treasury Stock Method, Relative Value Trading, The Yield Curve & More!
Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to the Wall Street Skinny with Kristen and Jen! To kick off today's episode, we answer listener questions about:Ownership and EPS…
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23. Quant Trading, AI, and More feat. Dr. Harry Mamaysky
Send us Fan Mail Wall Street's analytics and technology are evolving at a record pace. What are the roles of quantitative models, and AI in the financial…
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22. How to Become a Markets Guru: Understanding the Investment Banking Clients
Send us Fan Mail What is best kept secret for understanding market dynamics and being good in investment banking? You must understand: WHO are the firm’s…
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21. Q&A! Prop Trading, DCF vs. LBO, Beta, Consulting vs. Banking and More!
Send us Fan Mail We tackle these listener questions and more in our latest Q&A episode! 1. What is the difference is between prop trading and the trading you…
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20. FIG Banking & More Feat. Anish Mitra
Send us Fan Mail When you hear talking heads yelling at you or see a crazy meme on the internet telling to buy or sell a stock, how do you know if they are…
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19. Private Equity vs. Hedge Funds: What it Takes to Land the Most Lucrative Finance Careers
Send us Fan Mail Two of the most high profile exit opportunities from the sell side are Private Equity and Hedge Funds. In today's uber-competitive…
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18. Taking Wall Street Skills to Tech Feat. Susie Lee Korb
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we are joined by Susie Lee Korb, Head of finance at Chord Commerce. Susie leveraged a successful career of over a decade on…
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17. How to Level Up in Your Career Feat. Helen Dayen
Send us Fan Mail How do you level up in your career --- or even just not get fired when sh*t hits the fan?!? We sit down with CEO and career coach Helen Dayen…
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16. Q&A! Indexes 101, Financial Modeling, the WACC & More!
Send us Fan Mail Answering questions we've received from listeners via Instagram, TikTok and email! This week's topics include: 1. Can you explain the…
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15. Equity Research 101 Feat. Steve Haggerty
Send us Fan Mail Today we are joined by Steve Haggerty, the former Head of Research in both New York and Hong Kong at Bank of America Merrill Lynch before…
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14. News and Finance Feat. Mosheh Oinounou of Mo News!
Send us Fan Mail The global financial markets and the news are inextricably linked. News stories move the financial markets, and the financial markets make the…
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13 The Finance of HBO's Succession Season 1
Send us Fan Mail We explore the hot topics of private equity, venture capital, mergers & acquisitions, hostile LBOs, and MORE through the lens of one of our…
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12. What to Expect in Your Your Summer Internship
Send us Fan Mail Congrats on landing your summer internship....Now what?? We walk through every aspect of the internship experience --- from getting coffee to…
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11. Hedge Funds 101: Feat. Paul Podolsky
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we explore the world of hedge funds with Paul Podolsky, who spent 16 years at Bridgewater (the world's largest hedge fund)…
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10. Q&A: Valuation, Buy-Side vs. Sell-Side, IRR vs. CAGR, Excel and More!
Send us Fan Mail Answering questions we've received from listeners via email and Instagram! This week's topics include: how to choose the right valuation…
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9. The Lehman Trading Floor: An Inside Look at the 2008 Financial Crisis Epicenter
Send us Fan Mail We share our unfiltered personal stories from the front lines of the 2008 financial crisis. Maybe you've read the headlines: banks going under…
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8. The 2023 Banking Crisis: What Led to SVB’s Downfall
Send us Fan Mail It's been a pretty wild spring in 2023. Since March of this year, we've seen Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapse, Signature Bank shut down…
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7. How to Ace the Investment Banking Interview
Send us Fan Mail We tackle our most-asked listener question: how do I ace the interview for a job in finance? Listen to learn key technical skills you'll need…
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6. Fixed Income Sales & Trading 101
Send us Fan Mail In this episode we tackle the Sales & Trading division of an Investment Bank, the high profile, fast-paced, markets-based, client-facing arm…
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5. Debt Capital Markets 101: Where Do Bonds Come From?
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we delve into one of life's greatest mysteries: where do bonds come from?? We take a brief detour through the capital markets…
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4. Investment Banking 101: IBD Deep Dive
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we explore the investment banking division (IBD) through the lens of one specific merger, discuss different groups within the…
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3. Investment Banking vs. Sales & Trading: Secrets for Success
Send us Fan Mail What are the secrets for success in investment banking and sales and trading? In today's episode we discuss talents and character traits that…
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2. What is an Investment Bank?
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we answer the question: "What is an Investment Bank?". We also explore the reasons why someone might want to pursue a career…
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1. Welcome to The Wall Street Skinny!
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to The Wall Street Skinny! Our first episode is a brief introduction to explain our mission, share a little bit about ourselves, and…